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My new iPhone is named iPhone within the list of my devices on my AppleID.
It doesn't seem to exist any direct easy way to change its name on the AppleID web interface.
I found this question already asked here:
how do I rename a device on my apple ID? - Apple Community
But this doesn't answer to the original question.
This answers to another question: How to change the name of my device "on my device"?
The OQ stands unanswered.
I restarted my device after changing the name in General | About, too. Yet the device name in iCloud still remain the same old name, not updating to new name.
I restarted my device after changing the name in General | About, too. Yet the device name in iCloud still remain the same old name, not updating to new name.
I think i have found a way to fix it! After renaming the device i restarted my iPhone twice. I tried it on my ipad as well and it works.
This is exactly what I did on one of my iPhone.
I was connected on the web server https://appleid.apple.com/ .
I connected my iPhone to Internet.
I changed the name of this iPhone on its Settings > General > About > Name.
My iPhone is still named iPhone on the web server.
I waited on slow motion 5 minutes… nothing changed.
Do we have to wait much much longer?
Do we have to reboot the iPhone?
Did you try this recently?
Turning off the phone did not apply the new name in the Apple ID
AIU the OQ, it applies also to MacOS devices. It's easy to change the local name of the device. Changing the name displayed at https://appleid.apple.com/account/manage/section/devices seems ... not possible.
I had this issue too. Change the name of the device in Settings > About > Rename, did not update the device's name in the listed devices under Apple ID in Settings > Apple ID > listed devices. I think it's a bug. The solution was to turn off / restart the renamed iPhone.
I can verify that this works after restarting your phone 2 times. Thanks for the quick fix!
When you change the name of your device on your device, it will change it everywhere you can see it listed.
Assuming you want to change the name of your iPhone (since you have asked in the iPhone forum), open the Settings App on your iPhone. Tap General. Tap About. Change the name there.
Change the name of your iPhone
You can change the name of your iPhone, which is used by iCloud, AirDrop, your Personal Hotspot, and your computer.
> General > About > Name.
, enter a new name, then tap Done.Try restarting twice.
I was surprised to find restarting the phone twice fixed the problem. Thanks for the info.
I have a similar problem. I had an Apple TV device I originally had in the bedroom. I moved it to the kitchen. However, it still shows as Bedroom TV. When the device does not have a user interface like the iPhone or Mac, how do you change the name of it?
cbmattick wrote:
I have a similar problem. I had an Apple TV device I originally had in the bedroom. I moved it to the kitchen. However, it still shows as Bedroom TV. When the device does not have a user interface like the iPhone or Mac, how do you change the name of it?
Change the device name: Settings>General>About>Name
Or: Settings>AirPlay and HomeKit>Name
Assign the device to a different room in: Settings>AirPlay and HomeKit>Room
@emilie: plain right.
It's 2 bugs:
This didn’t work. My iphone 14 is showing up as iPhone 11
How do I rename a device on my Apple ID?
